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A jury has concluded Kevin Spacey did not sexually abuse fellow actor Anthony Rapp in the 80s, something he has always denied.

As the trial for the $40 million sexual misconduct civil suit against Kevin Spacey resumed today in Manhattan, Judge Lewis A. Kaplan threw out Anthony Rapp’s claim of emotional distress as the prosecution rested. That would lower any damages that might be awarded in the case.

Kevin Spacey’s civil sex abuse trial will go on after one of Spacey's lead lawyers tested positive for COVID-19, a judge said Thursday. U.S. District Judge Lewis A.

The future of Anthony Rapp’s $40 million sexual misconduct trial against Kevin Spacey suddenly became very uncertain this morning.

Kevin Spacey in his sexual misconduct trial tested positive for COVID-19. Jennifer Keller, who has handled much of the defense team’s cross-examinations, will not be allowed to return to court until she gets a negative result from two diagnostic tests that she takes two days apart. When she comes back, she must wear a mask, Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said. Keller was symptomatic on Thursday morning. “We will resume this morning and go as far as we can go,” Kaplan said. Spacey is accused of making unwanted sexual advances in 1986 against Anthony Rapp when Rapp was 14-years old. Rapp, who is an actor on “Star Trek: Discovery” and appeared in the original Broadway production of “Rent,” is suing Spacey for $40 million in damages. Keller has attempted to find inconsistencies in Rapp’s testimony, focusing on details that he may have gotten wrong, such as the layout of Spacey’s studio apartment. She has pushed the idea that Rapp lied about Spacey’s alleged misconduct out of professional jealousy.

Actor Anthony Rapp got emotional in a New York courtroom on Wednesday. Rapp testified Wednesday that he decided to publicly reveal a 30-year-old encounter with Kevin Spacey because he knew he wasn’t the only person Spacey had made inappropriate sexual advances on. Toward the end of the third day of testimony in the civil sex abuse lawsuit Rapp brought against Spacey in Manhattan federal court, his voice shook as he commented in response to a question about his motivations.

As she had bludgeonedly done for most of Tuesday, Kevin Spacey’s lawyer Jennifer Keller today again sought to dragoon Anthony Rapp on the stand in the Star Trek: Discovery actor’s $40 million sexual misconduct case against the former main man.

Kevin Spacey flirted with a 19-year-old John Barrowman and "lay on a bed with him", a court has heard. The former 'House of Cards' star is being sued by the 'Torchwood' actor's old schoolmate, Anthony Rapp, who has accused the disgraced actor of assaulting him at a party in 1986 when he was just 14 years old and Spacey was more than a decade older, and as their legal battle continued in Manhattan on Tuesday (11. 10.

Hollywood star Anthony Rapp, 50, over claims he drunkenly lifted him onto a bed and climbed on top of him as a 14-year-old boy.Rapp has since filed a $40million (£36million) civil lawsuit against Spacey alleging battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress.READ MORE:Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey, 62, pleads not guilty to sexual assault chargesDuring court proceedings on Tuesday, Spacey's lawyers insisted "nothing inappropriate" happened when the Se7en star met Barrowman, now 55, alongside Rapp in 1984.The actors - who are believed to have been high school friends - are said to have met Spacey backstage at a New York theatre before going on with him to dinner and a nightclub.Barrowman was 19 and is believed to have been staying with Rapp at the time the alleged incident occurred.In a deposition by the Doctor Who star quoted in court by Spacey's lawyer Jennifer Keller, Barrowman claimed he and Spacey had lain on bed together but didn't engage in any sexual activity due to Rapp's presence.Claiming "nothing inappropriate" had occurred, Keller claimed that Barrowman had said he'd stayed in touch with Spacey after the encounter, sending him flowers.Barrowman also claimed Spacey had often called him and his mother, which she "enjoyed".Rapp first came forward with allegations against Spacey in 2017.The Star Trek: Discovery star claimed Spacey had made sexual advances towards him during a Manhattan house party when he was 14 years old and Spacey 26 or 27.Spacey denies the claims against him though previously wrote on Twitter: "If I did behave then as he describes, I owe him the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior, and I am sorry for the feelings he describes having carried

Actor Kevin Spacey’s accuser, Anthony Rapp, was grilled by the defense Tuesday during a civil trial in Manhattan federal court.  Rapp, who accuses the fellow actor of sexually assaulting him when Rapp was 14 in 1986, admitted on the stand that there are flaws to his story. While the accuser remembers — and has testified — that the incident happened in a bedroom at Spacey’s Upper East Side apartment in Manhattan, Spacey's attorney, Jennifer Keller, got Rapp to admit "it is possible" there was no bedroom and that Spacey actually lived in a studio.  The defense is trying to show the jury that Rapp may be confusing fiction with reality.  Jurors watched a scene from the 1986’s Broadway play "Precious Sons," in which Ed Harris starred as Rapp’s father.  Kevin Spacey's defense team is trying to argue that Rapp is confusing fiction with reality because Rapp starred in a Broadway play in which his character's drunk father confuses him for his wife and climbs on top of him.

Lawyers acting for Kevin Spacey and Anthony Rapp delivered their opening statements as part of a civil trial held at a Manhattan federal court on Thursday. The Star Trek: Discovery actor sued Spacey in 2020 for assault, battery, and intentionally inflicting emotional distress, after first making public accusations in October 2017. Rapp has claimed Spacey made sexual advances towards him in 1986 when he was just 14 and both were performing on Broadway.

Kevin Spacey’s lawyer told a jury Thursday that a sexual misconduct allegation that derailed his theatrical career was the product of a young actor’s inability to tell the difference between real life and a scene he played on Broadway eight times a week.